An Iowa teen who was sentenced in September to probation for killing her accused rapist in 2020 has reportedly fled from a residential corrections facility. According to the Des Moines Register, Pieper Lewis, 18, was seen leaving Fresh Start Women’s Center on Friday after someone opened a door that activated an alarm. Lewis allegedly cut …
The family of a 10-year-old Utah girl who died by suicide last year filed a notice on Wednesday that they would be suing a school district for $14.1 million for allegedly ignoring bullying that led to the girl’s death. KTVU reported that the letter accuses Davis Schools, Foxboro Elementary, and more than a dozen administrators …
A 2-year-old North Carolina boy reportedly died on Friday after vanishing from a home. CorNyeah Lindsey dropped off her son, Dinari Lindsey, at a family friends’ home in Edenton. Hours later, she received a call that her son was in the hospital — where a deputy told her that he had died, according to WAVY. …
A 12-year-old Texas girl died on last week, days after she reportedly shot herself and her father as part of a planned murder-suicide involving another girl. On September 20, Parker County police found the girl lying in the street with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Her 38-year-old father was discovered in their home …
A young boy allegedly drowned in a bathtub in Texas on Saturday, prompting police to launch an investigation into his death, KPRC-TV reports. Authorities received a report of a drowning around 10 p.m. at a home in southwest Houston in the 15600 block of Corsair Road, near West Fuqua Street and Beltway 8, according to …
A 2-year-old Oklahoma boy has been found dead after disappearing from his family’s home early Monday morning, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports. Ares Muse was found deceased in Okfuskee County Monday, around half a mile from his home, police said. The child’s father told police that the boy climbed into the family at around 1:30 …
Coroners ruled on Thursday that July’s death of a 7-year-old boy at a children’s residential center in Kentucky was a homicide, sparking the firing of two workers. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Ja’Ceon Terry died of positional asphyxia, or the inability to move his body in a manner to allow him to breathe. Terry suffered …
An Iowa teen who was reportedly being sex trafficked when she killed her rapist was sentenced on Tuesday to five years of probation and was also ordered to pay $150,000 to the slain man’s family. Pieper Lewis, 17, also received a deferred judgment, meaning her voluntary manslaughter conviction could be expunged when she completes her …
Louisiana police arrested a substitute teacher on Monday for allegedly paying students to assault a classmate. On August 23, Aadrina Smith, 24, reportedly offered five students $5 each to tackle their classmate at North Caddo Elementary Middle School. Three of the students accepted Smith’s offer, and Smith congratulated them afterward, according to Louisiana Radio Network. …
A pursuit Friday morning in Milwaukee ended with police arresting two young girls who allegedly stole a car. According to Fox 6, the incident at around 2:21 a.m. when Milwaukee officers spotted a car matching the description of a vehicle that had been reported stolen. When the officers tried to stop the vehicle, the driver …
A North Carolina middle school was shut down on Tuesday after an eighth-grader died by suicide on campus, according to reports. WRAL reported that Wendell Middle School students were sent home after Austin Pendergrass, 13, died following a “medical crisis” on school grounds. Officials did not disclose where or how the teen died. Pendergrass’ family …
An Iowa girl will be sentenced on Wednesday for killing her alleged rapist when she was 15. Pieper Lewis, 17, said in a plea agreement that she stabbed Zachary Brooks, 30 times in June 2020 after he raped her multiple times in the weeks leading up to the slaying. The teen claimed she did not …
